DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT: Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc. (NYSE:DMO) on 08/20/2019 declared a dividend of $0.1500 per share

Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc. (NYSE:DMO) on 08/20/2019 declared a dividend of $ 0.1500 per share payable on October 01, 2019 to shareholders of record as of September 20, 2019. Dividend amount recorded is a decrease of $ 0.085 from last dividend Paid.

Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc. (NYSE:DMO) has paid dividends since 2010, has a current dividend yield of 9.0825691223% and has increased its dividends for 1 successive years.

The stock price closed yesterday at $ 21.80 and has a 52 week low/high of $ 20.21 and $ 23.30.

Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund is a non-diversified, limited-term, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide current income. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund will seek capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a diverse portfolio of mortgage-backed securities. The Fund will liquidate and distribute substantially all of the Fund's net assets to shareholders on or about March 1, 2022. As of Dec 31 2016, the Fund's total assets were $319,432,157 and its total investments were $316,428,301.

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